Exercising-machine.



No. 735,065. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903. W. H. GHELLIS & F. W. MQANANNY.

EXERGISING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1902.

H0 MODEL lg mfiwns- UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. CHELLIS AND FRANK V. MOANANNY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

EXERCISiNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,065, dated August 4, 1903. Application filed May s, 1902. Serial No. 105,847. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, \VILLIAM HnCHEL- Us and FRANK 'W. MCANANNY, citizens of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Exercising- Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to exercisingmachines, and particularly to that class wherein the tension members are composed of coiled springs in lieu of rubber elastic.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and compact apparatus which may readily beset up for use and as easily taken down and by the aid of which all the muscles may be properly exercised without danger of overstraining any part of the body.

The present invention consists particularly in a novel form of supporting-head for the tension members, under the arrangement of which the operator will be enabled without releasing his grasp upon the handles to turn from a position facing the machine to the reverse, the said head to be constructed in such manner as to permit of its being readily attached to a wall or other structure by an ordinary screw-hook.

The invention further consists in a novel arrangement of handle, and particularly to the hook by which it is associated with the tension member, the arrangement being such that while connection and disconnection between the handle and tension member may readily be efiected accidental separation thereof Will be practically impossible.

The invention still further consists in the novel manner of constructing the terminal loops of the tension members by which to secure both stability in use and efficient connection with the supporting-head and the handles.

The invention consists, finally, in the novel construction and combination of parts of an exercising-machine, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the exercising-machine of the present invention, a portion of the length of the tension springs or members being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of one of the handles. Fig; 3 is an edge view, partly in section, of the supporting-head. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the foot-strap.

Y Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the supporting-head; 2, the tension members; 3, the handles, and 4 the foot-strap.

The supporting-head 1 is constructed of a piece of sheet metal of the requisite rigidity and is provided at its terminals with hooks 5, the ends of which are so disposed with relation to the body portion of the supportinghead as to necessitate the tension members being turned approximately at right angles to their normal position in order that their terminal loops 6 may be passed between the inner faces of the hook-terminals and the opposing walls of the ends of the head to seat the said loops in the hooks, this arrangement being provided in order to prevent accidental separation of the said members from the.

hooks should the handles be suddenly -released. The upper central portion of the head has connected with it a yoke 7, carrying a swiveled eye 8 to engage a hook or like projection in a wall or door to hold themachine at the proper distance above the floor, the swiveled eye permitting the head to turn in any direction without necessitating disconnection from the support. Thus, as before pointed out, an operator who is facing the machine or wall supporting the same will be enabled without releasing his grasp upon the handles to turn his side or his back to the wall. In addition the swiveled head will permit of a variety of movements of the arms and of the body laterally, upwardly and downwardly, or backward and forward, or in any direction without releasing the handles.

The loops of the tension devices, to which reference has been made, are formed by coiling one terminal of each of the devices into three or more whirls of like diameters, which are disposed at right angles to the tension members, as clearly shown in Fig 1, thereby presenting a thorough] y stable attaching-loop and at the same time preventing disassociation of the loop from its supporting-hook, as above pointed out.

The tension devices are constructed of coiled springs, and by forming the terminals thereof into attaching-loops in the manner described accidental loss of such loops or disconnection of them from the tension devices such as is inherent in devices of this character heretofore constructed is positively obviated.

Each operating-handle consists of a bail or yoke the lower terminals of the arms of which are bent at right angles to their length to present supporting-pintles 9 for the grip 10, which latter is adapted freely to rotate on the pintles and is formed of five balls or a greater or less number, if preferred, to adapt the handles to be used for massage treatment, if desired. The crest of the yoke terminates in a hook 11, which is bent inward and'projects under the crest, so that to effect its connection with the loop of the tension member it must be turned at right angles thereto, this arrangement of the hook being adopted to prevent accidental separation of the handle from the tension member for the same reason given in connection with the books of the supporting-head.

The foot-strap, which may be of the usual or any preferred construction, is provided at its upper end with a snap-hook 12 to be hooked into engagement with the loop 13 at the lower end of. the tension members.

By having the handles readily detachable vaaees from the tension members and these from the supporting-head the said tension members may be connected up with a punching-bag when desired, and thus enlarge the field of usefulness of the machine.

The improvements herein defined will be found to be highly advantageous in machines of this character and will in a simple and yet practical manner overcome objections heretofore inherent in such devices.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an exercising-machine, the combination With elastic tension members having integral terminal eyes or loops formed by a plurality of coils disposed at right angles to the length of the members, of a supporting-head provided with hooksto be engaged by the eyes or loops, the space between the terminals of the hooks and the head being less than the width of the combined series of coils.

2. In an exercising-machine, the combination with elastic tension members having integral terminal eyes or loops formed by a plurality of coils disposed at right angles to the length of the members, of a supporting-head consisting of a Hat strip of metal provided at its ends with hooks to be engaged by the eyes or loops, the space between the terminals of the hooks and the head being less than the width of the combined series of coils.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. I

WILLIAM H. CHELLIS. FRANK W. MCANANNY. Witnesses:

ALBERT L. ANDERSON, G. R. SHEPARD. 

